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Meantime Brewing Company - An Insight

We are very proud to be able to locally source food and beverages to serve to our guests, a favourite local tipple are our Meantime Beers.

We serve local Meantime Brewing Company London Lager (£4.50) and Meantime IPA (£5) so we took a brewery tour to learn more about this Greenwich based brewery.

Here is a little insight into their brewing process, products and some food matches for you to try at our hotel.

Simple brewing process in 12 steps

Milling In - crush malt into 'grist'Mashing - Mix grist with heated water to convert starch into sugars to make mashLautering - separate grain from sugar liquid (wort) which is fermented to create beerBoiling - wort is boiled to steriliseAdding Hops - added during boiling where aromas and bitterness is releasedWhirlpool - a centrifugal force to separate the hop debris from clear wortCooling - cooling the hot wort to prepare it for the yeastFermentation - add trillions of yeast cells to the cold wort to make alcoholMaturation - what sets Meantime aside form the rest they mature for around 6 weeks - your standard lagers are matured for 3 daysPackaging - Meantime do not pasteurise their beer so no air is present when packagingDistributing - off it goes to thirsty customers

Meantime make 10 different beers, here are some food matches for each and dishes you can try with the beers from our current menu:

We learnt that although relatively large in size and production they are very proud of how much care and attention and time they take in producing their beers and ales. Anyone who enjoys their beers and ales are guaranteed a quality drink of something brewed locally with love - these are passionate people and we are proud to serve Meantime to you at the hotel.

Both beers are available in Petrichor, Lobby Bar, Lounge and even your room, or why not indulge in a true London experience and enjoy a London Lager while admiring the London view from our 14th floor? See you up there!